The magazine was started in 1905 with the name Fame and Fortune Weekly.[1] The first issue appeared on October 6, 1905.[1] The magazine was redesigned as a pulp magazine and renamed as Fame and Fortune Magazine in October 1928.[1] The frequency of the magazine was also switched to biweekly in 1928.[1] Then it was renamed as Fortune Story Magazine in July 1929 and ended publication in December of that year.[1]